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Isaac Lambertsen

Ode I

Menaion — translated by Isaac Lambertsen

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¶1

Irmos: The staff of Moses, once working a wonder, striking the sea in the form of the Cross and dividing it, drowned the mounted tyrant Pharaoh, and saved Israel who fled on foot, chanting a hymn unto God.

¶2

O Christ, Author of peace, as Thou art our Benefactor, through the entreaties of Thy martyr bring the ship of my soul, which is cruelly tossed by the perils and billows of the raging sea of life, into a profound calm.

¶3

Theotokion: Truly even a heavenly intelligence is unable to comprehend thine unapproachable mystery, O most lauded one; for it was the good pleasure of Him Who is equally enthroned with the Father to make His abode in thy womb and to become known in two natures.

¶4

With rational thought, O all-wise one, thou didst piously subject the passion of anger to the mind of thy soul, and didst hasten to thy friend Sapricius, yearning to be reconciled with him, O wondrous one, submitting to the laws of the Savior.

¶5

Triadicon: Confessing the thrice-radiant effulgence of the One Godhead, which is equal in might and essence, equally enthroned and equal in nature, let us honor God in three Persons, professing the Word, the Father and the Spirit to be indivisible.

Translated by Isaac Lambertsen. Edition menaion.en.lambertsen.

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